In September we had an opportunity to attend a hands-on chicken processing workshop at the Mother Earth News Fair at Seven Springs, Pennsylvania. The workshop was presented by Patricia (Patty) Foreman, Michael Badger, and Matt Wilkinson. If you know anything about poultry, you’ll know that these folks are kind of the celebrities of the chicken world. And they did a fantastic job of leading our group from a live, clucking, flapping chickens to a ready-to-package set of chicken cuts.
I’ve butchered plenty of deer, squirrels, and rabbits before. But I’ve never slaughtered and processed a chicken. It’s really a very different process. But it’s really pretty simple when you have experienced people showing you how, and giving you feedback in a live environment.
As I understand it, Patty convinced the MENF to hold this workshop as a test case to see if they should do more events like this in the future. I’d highly recommend you check it out in future years if you’re able to attend a MENF event.
And thanks to Matt, Michael, and Patty!
Michael Badger (https://www.facebook.com/myke1829/)
Patricia (Pat) Foreman (https://www.facebook.com/patricia.foreman.165)
Matt Wilkinson (https://www.facebook.com/Hard-Cider-Homestead-1424021647871076/)
